Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, July 18

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling (Kim Chandler, The Associated Press)
Plaintiffs ask US Supreme Court to temporarily halt Microsoft, Activision merger (John Kruzel, Reuters)
California Supreme Court rejects SCOTUS decision, keeps state labor law alive (Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
How the Supreme Court put itself

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, July 14

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Texas judge who doesn’t want to perform gay marriage ceremonies hopes web designer’s Supreme Court case helps her fight (Rebecca Schneid, The Texas Tribune)
303 Creative: What happens when an arguably narrow SCOTUS decision meets 2023 (Chris Geidner, Law Dork)
Kavanaugh: No warring camps at Supreme Court (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Supreme Court Leaves Work

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Justices schedule first cases of the 2023-24 term

Just two weeks after the justices finished releasing their opinions from the 2022-23 term, the court is now looking ahead to next term. The Supreme Court on Friday released the calendar for its October oral argument session. The justices will hear just six cases over five days between Oct. 2 and Oct. 11. The session will, however, include several high-profile cases, such as the challenge to a purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina’s congressional map and a challenge to … Read the rest